RHSLC Meeting: Heather Gay Reveals Beleaguered Jen Shah Solicited Friends For A Legal Defense Fund

Heather Gay revealed that embattled co-star Jen Shah solicited friends for her legal defense fund at Wednesday’s meeting of The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City.

Jen, 49, was absent from the meeting after she pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud last July after previously maintaining her innocence.

Heather, 40, during the second and final episode of the season three reunion made the revelation while host Andy Cohen, 54, asked her what she thought about Jen changing her guilty plea and facing prison time.

‘Will you visit her?’ asked Andy.

“I mean, it depends where I’m going,” replied Heather, who filmed the meeting before Jen was sentenced last month to a 6 1/2-year prison sentence with a request to be served in the minimum security facility. by FPC Bryan. in Bryan, Texas.

“I’ll text him if he wants that and I’ll find Omar and the coach, I don’t know,” Heather added, referring to Jen’s son and husband, Sharrieff ‘Coach’ Shah, 52.

Andy later asked Heather what she thought after fellow cast members Whitney Rose, 36, and Lisa Barlow, 48, commented on speculation that Sharrieff had prior knowledge of his wife’s illicit dealings.

I don’t know anything about their relationship. I think it’s, you know, pulling a string. I don’t think you could be as understanding if you knew she was involved,” Heather said.

Heather said she believed they had made a financial decision for Jen to plead guilty after seeing something in the evidence that made it too risky to go to trial.

He said the cost of the trial was astronomical. Just to get the transcripts it was $2,000 a day and the cost was overwhelming, and they asked friends for money,” Heather said.

“Got it,” Andy commented.

“And a lot of our friends gave them money,” Heather added.

‘Did you give them money?’ asked Andy.

“I didn’t give them money, but I know the people on this couch did,” Heather responded, referring to Angie Harrington, who had been on the reunion show after appearing as a friend in season three.

Lisa asked how long Jen had known Angie because she thought it was a “very new relationship.”

“It is, but I think they knew the Harringtons had money and Chris didn’t hesitate to help out where he could,” Heather said, referring to Angie’s husband Chris, who had set up a fake Instagram account called ‘@shahxposed’.

Lisa said they also asked her and her husband John for money.

“I didn’t because our lawyer said we probably shouldn’t,” Lisa said. Otherwise he would have done it, he was willing to do it.

‘Not. I can’t do that to my family,’ Heather said quietly.

Heather also said that she would continue to support Jen.

“She said she committed fraud and she’s going to prison and she’s making $15 million restitution and I think being mean to her or being mad at her is just a mark of virtue to the world and it doesn’t do anyone any good.” Heather said.

“And I’m so far down the road with her, I’m not going to leave her now,” he added.

Meredith Marks, 51, also said she was supporting Jen.

“Guilty, innocent, in between, I’ll always support the underdog,” Meredith said.

She also shared that she was being restrained with her comments about Jen after learning from a “very reliable source that Jen had made an attempt on her life.”

Andy asked if Jen ever showed any response for her telemarketing fraud scheme targeting the elderly and they all said no.

“Well, I was quoted in an article and she wrote to me and said, ‘Tell me who my victims are, bitch,'” Lisa said, though the text on the screen did not include any profanity. .

Heather and Whitney also talked about their friendship being put on hiatus during the third season, but failed to make amends.

The women joined their husbands during the episode with John Barlow, Seth Marks, and Justin Rose sitting next to their wives on the couch.

Justin stated that he could broker peace between Seth and John after their wives had a fight.

“I may as well get Meredith and Lisa back together,” Justin said.

The women and Andy enjoyed a champagne toast together at the conclusion of the meeting.

Jen is scheduled to report to prison on February 17.